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The flattering lie that a song just needed your opinion.
means A new version of an existing song (or idea) made by rearranging, adding to, or stripping down the original.
from From 'mix,' the recording-studio term for blending separate audio tracks into one; 're-' just means 'again.' The word rode up from Jamaican sound-system and dub culture in the 1960s-70s, where engineers started treating the mixing board itself as an instrument, then took off in disco and hip-hop as DJs and producers began releasing alternate versions of tracks for dancefloors and radio.
- legal truth
- Still requires the original rights holder's blessing
- origin
- 1970s Jamaican dub engineers invented stripping tracks apart
- irony
- Often more famous than the song it reworks
- rule
- Must change something, or it's just a cover charge